Three Pairs of Shoes

Artists

Dimensions

49.8 x 72.5 cm (19 5/8 x 28 9/16 in.) framed: 72.2 x 95.5 x 6.5 cm (28 7/16 x 37 5/8 x 2 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Vincent van Gogh; ? to his nephew Vincent Willem van Gogh; ? to his mother Mme. Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, sold; [through Drouot, Paris, 1920, no. 62]; [to Joseph Hessel Art Gallery, Paris] (1920-1925) sold; to Marcel Kapferer, 1925-1943, sold; [through Wildenstein, New York]; to Maurice Wertheim, New York (1943-1951) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1951. Notes: According to his daughter, in about 1939 Kapferer gave this painting and three others to Wildenstein to be sent to their New York offices,(inventory KR 10.) He later consigned them for sale.